Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Cerebral Malaria .. .. ..

Mr. R coaxing his son Mr. P to smile as I took his snap

Talking
about ventilators, one of our latest success stories is that of Mr. P who was
in the ventilator after he was diagnosed to have Cerebral Malaria. When Mr. P
came about a week back, very few of us had much hope his surviving.

To make
matters worse, when we intubated Mr. P, we found out that he had a wedge of
turmeric wedged in his throat. Apparently, his relatives had put the turmeric
piece in between his teeth when he had a seizure.

It was
almost fatal.

Mr. P was
in the ventilator for about 2 days. However, he made a remarkable recovery. Another
of the umpteen patients who are alive just because of the cheap anesthesia
ventilators we have at NJH.

In addition, Mr. P's father, Mr. R was also diagnosed to have Falciparum malaria one day after his son was admitted. It was a joy to see both of them doing well.

Nevertheless,
as I mentioned in my previous post, of late, we have been having patients who would have done better if we have a full fledged adult ventilator.

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Welcome

I'm Jeevan. Along with Angel, my wife and four energetic kids - 2 daughters, Charis (6 years) and Hesed (4 years) and 2 sons, Shalom (9 yrs) and Arpit (2 years), we live in a remote town in North India.

We serve at a small dispensary attached to a Catholic mission which in addition to the clinic also has a parish and an ICSE school. We serve the most poor, backward and marginalised groups in the surrounding community. I use this blog to share about the people whom we serve and care for and our lives.